clean energy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 59 clean energy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Impact of helium from nuclear transmutation and from plasma on tritium trapping in fusion structural and plasma-facing component

University of Birmingham School of Metallurgy & Materials

Background. Future fusion energy concepts such as ITER, DEMO or STEP rely upon deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reaction, which holds the promise of generating limitless clean energy. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A B Bhattacharya

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Nanotechnology: Fully Funded EPSRC and Grove Materials Ltd PhD Scholarship: Designer nanoparticles for biomedicine and energy: Physics meets biology and chemistry

Swansea University School of Aerospace, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Funding providers: EPSRC (CASE) with co-sponsor, Grove Nanomaterials Limited. Subject areas: Nanotechnology, physics, chemistry, biotechnology. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Palmer

24 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Innovating Interdisciplinary Airborne Wind Energy through Rigorous Wind Tunnel Testing and Collaborative Design

Durham University Offshore Wind CDT

This Research Project is part of the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Sustainability and Resilience's Hybrid Offshore Wind Energy Solutions Cluster. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Bastankhah, Dr G Ingram, Dr F Arvin, Dr F Rekabi-Bana

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Building integrated Photvoltaic for existing buildings

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

As the quest for sustainable building increases, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) promises to be a viable energy source that easily blends with modern architectural materials. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NS Sellami

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Antifouling membranes for sustainable water purification and desalination

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R D'Sa, Dr HN Ng

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Design and performance optimization of Proton exchange membrane fuel cell for aviation application

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Commercial aviation currently accounts for approximately 2.6% of annual global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Lin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Atomic Layer Deposition of Novel Nanolayer Materials for Solar Cells

Australian National University School of Engineering

Project Description. Solar photovoltaics (PV) has emerged as THE breakthrough technology which will underpin the coming clean energy transition and allow us to address the epochal challenge of climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Black, Prof D Macdonald

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Advanced digital signal processing for condition monitoring for rotative electrical machines

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The production of electric energy from wind technology has experience great advances in the later years. It is estimated that the potential of wind energy in the world is between 20.000 x 106 and 50.000 x 106 MWh/year, whereas the energy consumption is about 15.000 x 106 MWh/year. Read more

Supervisors: Dr FVS Vedreno Santos,, Mr SP Papadopoulos

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Low carbon marine propulsion systems using hydrogen and hydrogen carrying fuels

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Join our Research Team in Hydrogen Technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Wu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Stimulated and Quantum-enhanced Brillouin imaging

University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Science

Brillouin spectroscopy is an important technique for measuring the visco-elastic properties of biological materials, with applications to fundamental biology, tissue engineering, and drug-discovery. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof IK Kabakova

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NOW RECRUITING: Six fully-funded PhD Scholarships at the Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i) based in the University of Dundee.

University of Dundee

This is the first of four annual recruitment rounds inviting applications for UK Doctoral, International Doctoral and UK Master's Plus Scholarships (each for 48 to 60 months). Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme

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Correlating Local Defects to Global Wafer Properties in Next Generation Semiconductor Platforms

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemical and Process Engineering

Societal recognition of the criticality of semiconductor-technology arises from national initiatives, public debate around sovereign supply and the central role of the sector in delivering net zero. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Brydson, Prof A P Brown

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of Fibre-Enabled, Distributed Gas Sensing for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Natalie Wheeler, Prof Radan Slavík, Dr Martynas Beresna. Project Description. We are looking for a new PhD student to join our growing team, working on the design and development of next generation optical fibres to enable novel distributed gas sensing networks. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Wheeler

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quantum Enhanced Upconversion Nanoprobes for Neural Imaging and Super-Resolution Temperature Sensing (ARC Centre of Excellence )

University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Science

About the Centre. The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology (QUBIC) will be established in 2023, as the first nation-spanning research Centre at the nexus of quantum and biotechnology globally. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Zhou, Prof JR Reimers, Assoc Prof IK Kabakova, Prof DJ Jin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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